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Atomic batteries powered by radioisotopes were one of the first dreams of the Atomic Age, but the dream has taken a long time to turn into reality. Most atomic batteries have produced too little elec tricity, or have stopped working after too short a time. This week the Walter Kidde Nuclear Laboratories, Inc. of Garden City, N.Y. told about a new and apparently practical kind of atomic battery developed for Elgin National Watch...
...Just Short of a Year. As a maneuver to head off the inevitable, Bidault's Cath olic M.R.P., biggest party in Laniel's coalition, raised the bogey of "dissolution" - the constitutional provision that stipulates that the National Assembly may be dissolved and new national elec tions held if within 18 months two cabinets are overturned by absolute major ities (at present, 314 votes) on votes of confidence. French politicians, anxious to hold on to their red plush seats, were too canny to be intimidated. They maneuvered their votes so that Laniel lost his vote of confidence...
...Heaven and Ike's in the White House and has a commendable score in golf and a long string of trout ... To many, shocked by the deep-freeze-mink-coat-elec-tion-campaign mess, it should now be regrettably obvious that the electorate sacrificed Abe Lincoln Stevenson for General Ulysses Grant Eisenhower. Everybody likes Ike, but not everything and everybody that Ike likes...
Comparison of present and past elec-statistics seem to indicate that Curley has lost much of his drawing power. This time, his once-mighty machine did not pile up huge votes for him--even in his home districts. To veteran Boston political observers, this indicates that Hynes will have a very good chance of defeating Curley for the second time...
Fire of undetermined origin swept Emerson Hall B last night causing extensive damage to a wall, furniture, books, rug, and an oil painting. Fire officials said that the painting was "valuable" and damage to it was "serious." Cause was due to a frayed elec-lamp cord. --from the CRIMSON, January...